Degrees and Curriculum
The PhD degree is offered by the department of Health in Emergencies & Disaster as following:
Department |
Section |
Major |
Training Programs |
Short Term Courses |
|
Health in Emergencies & Disasters |
Health in Emergencies & Disasters |
Health in Emergencies & Disasters |
* |
* |
* |
Courses
The HED program corresponds to different credits as follows:
Core Specialized Credits |
Prerequisites Credits |
Non-core (Elective) Credits |
|
Dissertation |
Sum |
28 |
14 |
33 |
|
18 |
57 |
We offer the following specialized courses in different categories of health in emergencies & disasters:
Part 1: prerequisite Courses |
Total Credit |
Theoretical |
Practical |
Medical information systems |
1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Advanced biostatistics |
2 |
2 |
0 |
Principals of disaster health management |
2 |
2 |
0 |
Health planning & management in disaster |
2 |
2 |
0 |
Specialized language |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Civil / Passive defense |
2 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Health system framework & plans in IRAN |
2 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Part 2: Core Courses |
|
|
|
Advanced disaster risk management |
2 |
2 |
0 |
Natural and man-made hazards |
2 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Climate change and human health |
1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Advanced risk assessment |
2 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Medical care in disasters |
2 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Public health in emergencies & disasters |
2 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Advanced quantitative research methods & Disaster epidemiology |
2 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Disaster Risk communication |
2 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Advanced qualitative research methods |
2 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Disaster-resistant hospital management |
2 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Seminar |
1 |
0 |
1 |
The internship |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Thesis |
18 |
0 |
18 |
Part 3: Non-Core Courses |
|
|
|
Health economy in disasters |
2 |
2 |
0 |
GIS & its application in disasters |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Hospital evacuation & surge capacity |
2 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Health information systems in disasters & emergencies |
2 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Technology management & medical equipment in disasters |
2 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Tele medicine & health in disasters |
2 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
International organizations & humanitarian affairs |
1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Management of hospital structures in disasters |
1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Disaster environmental aspects |
2 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Resource & logistic management in disasters & emergencies |
1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Risk management plans and policy-making |
2 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Principles of designing, simulation, and conducting disaster exercises |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Evidence-based measures & analysis in disasters |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Environmental health in disasters |
2 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Ethic & rules in disasters |
2 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
CBRNE emergencies |
2 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Psychosocial support in disasters |
2 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Nursing in disasters & emergencies |
2 |
1.5 |
0.5 |